Yahoo said Friday it will acquire social shopping website Polyvore for an undisclosed amount. Polyvore allows users to shop for and “favorite” fashionable items in categories like maxi dresses or gladiator sandals, as well as viewing outfit collections put together for certain looks (like stealing actress Blake Lively’s style). The company was founded in 2007,
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Sling TV, the Dish Network-owned streaming service that lets you watch cable channels without a cable subscription, began advertising its offerings on broadcast stations earlier this month. But there’s a large audience that didn’t get the message. In a blog post, Sling TV CEO Roger Lynch says that three TV stations in big markets blocked […]
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan are expecting a baby girl. Zuckerberg said on Facebook that his daughter already takes after him. “In our ultrasound, she even gave me a thumbs up ‘like’ with her hand, so I’m already convinced she takes after me,” Zuckerberg said. Are grey onesies next? Zuckerberg said
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Just because the Uber app shows there are a number of drivers around you doesn’t mean there’s a car waiting around the corner. Recently an Uber driver noticed that there was a difference between the number of vehicles shown in the passenger version of the app and the number of actual Uber drivers on her
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Shuttle bus drivers that transport workers from several Bay Area tech companies, including Apple, Yahoo and Genentech, will vote on a union contract Saturday. If approved, the contract under the Teamsters Local Union 853 would raise wages to $25 to $29 an hour, give workers 11 paid holidays, and have provisions for overtime. Currently, the drivers
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Rackspace’s collaboration with Intel Corp. to form the OpenStack Innovation center at Rackspace’s Windcrest headquarters could bring the San Antonio region hundreds of new tech jobs. Rackspace and Intel announced plans to form the center last week, saying it will advance the manageability and reliability of OpenStack. Since its 2010 founding by Rackspace and NASA, OpenStack […]
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Students who decide to purchase a new Mac this school year will walk away with something a little extra with their purchase: a pair of Beats headphones. Apple kicked off its Back-to-School promotion for the year this week. Any customer who purchases a new Mac Pro, MacBook Air, McBook Pro, MacBook, or iMac with education
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Taurean, a San Antonio-based cyberdefense form is holding a recruitment event for qualified information technology and cybersecurity professionals. The event is being held Tuesday, Aug. 4, from noon to 5 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency Hill Country Resort and Spa, in Conference Room G. The company is looking for candidates who are fluent in *NIX […]
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